Handyman charged with 15-year-old Inglewood cold case
A handyman has been charged with killing his Inglewood boss 15 years ago after scientific
evidence linked him to the brutal crime, police said Wednesday.
Donald Bridgewater, 58, of Los Angeles, right, who has previous convictions for drug offenses and manslaughter, was tied through DNA to the 1995 killing of William Goins, 71, police and prosecutors said.
Goins, a cancer-stricken man who was found stabbed to death on his living room floor, owned properties in South Central Los Angeles and North Hollywood. He employed Bridgewater as a handyman.
"All indications are right now that robbery is the motive," Inglewood police Lt. Marie Kirk said. "They were acquaintances."
Goins, who owned several properties, employed Bridgewater as a handyman, Kirk said.
Full story coming to dailybreeze.com and the Thursday print edition.
evidence linked him to the brutal crime, police said Wednesday.Donald Bridgewater, 58, of Los Angeles, right, who has previous convictions for drug offenses and manslaughter, was tied through DNA to the 1995 killing of William Goins, 71, police and prosecutors said.
Goins, a cancer-stricken man who was found stabbed to death on his living room floor, owned properties in South Central Los Angeles and North Hollywood. He employed Bridgewater as a handyman.
"All indications are right now that robbery is the motive," Inglewood police Lt. Marie Kirk said. "They were acquaintances."
Goins, who owned several properties, employed Bridgewater as a handyman, Kirk said.
Full story coming to dailybreeze.com and the Thursday print edition.
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